Margaret O'Connor's recollections of living at 17 Greenhill Road Greensborough, where she has lived since 1954.2 p., col. photographgreenhill road greensborough, o'connor family

Vol. 4, No. 2, Mar-Apr 1999 CONTENTS 'VISUALISE' WITH JOHN WOLSELEY Guest speaker at Banyule Festival 2 FROM ASSISTED IMMIGRANTS TO MODEL FARMERS Gulf Station 3 THE PARADOX OF HUMAN FRAILTY AND MAGNIFICENCE Isobel Clements on art and life 7 MONTH OF FESTIVALS EVENTS GUIDE Banyule Festival 10 Heidi Festival 13 Petty's Orchard Antique Apple Festival 16 Boroondara LitFest 17 Mullum Mullum Festival 17 Templestowe Festival 19 Warrandyte Festival 21 City of Whittlesea Community Festival 23 DINING WITH SIGMUND JORGENSON 25 SHORT STORY A Pony Called Letter 27 THE WORLD ACCORDING TO INDRA Independent publishing 30 CD REVIEWS 12, 17,22 WINING & DINING 32,33 "Peter Dougherty has been involved in the local art scene for many years. As publisher and editor of the arts magazine Artstreams, his comments on the various branches of the arts are widely respected. His "The Arts" column in the Diamond Valley Leader presents a brief summary for a much wider cross section of the local community. Peter also operates his own gallery and the Artstreams Cafe at the St Andrews market. Peter has a wealth of knowledge about present day and historical aspects of local art and artists." - Eltham District Historical Society Newsletter No. 161, March 2005Colour front and back cover with feature articles and literary pieces with photographs and advertisements printed in black and white. 36 pages, 30 cm. Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 1996) - Vol. 10, no. 5 (summer ed. 2005/​06) art streams, kerri simpson, micl o'connor, dean addison, st andrews hotel, lloyd rees, bridget mcdonnell gallery, hammock, john wolseley, helen baker, jan lowe, karen meehan, gulf station, bell family, banyule young artists award, adams of north riding, montsalvat, dymocks booksellers, isobel clements, isobel clement, banyyule festival, eltham wiregrass gallery, willy wonka's ice cream gourmet food, victorian artists supplies, dianne bullen, kate mcgarrigle, anna mcgarrigle, bulleen art & garden centre, museum of modern art at heide, lovegroves of cottles bridge, rosanna community house, recherche, la piazza restaurant bar & cafe, carlucci's, litfest, mullum mullum festival, petty's orchard, festival of kites, mike rudd, bill putt, cydi boste, templestowe village festival, bi-wize quality paints, jordie albiston, arts on burgundy, warrandyte village festival, mercer's restaurant, manningham gallery, la trobe university art museum, fleur de feliss florist, city of whittlesea community festival, sigmund jorgensen, bhoj, yarra valley country club, monique delaney, dynamic vegies, carly young, indra publishing, ian fraser, volumes

Don and Winifred Dobell built a shop at 19 Greenhill Road in the late 1950s. Various businesses operated there, and it is currently (2018) a restaurant named the Clay Oven. People in the photograph are Granny Anderson, her daughters June Thorpe and Dot Turner and Stella Slow.3p., typescript and black and white and colour photographs plus one black and white photographgreenhill road greensborough, dobell family

5 page letter to Bendigo Easter Fair Committee from Andrea Phipps, 37 Echuca Road, Rochester, 3 April, 1998, re Andrea's great grandfather, William O'Connor who was attired as the local Chinese Emperor, alias 'the Great Oh Con Ah' who led the procession the the 1880 Fair. A family tree is outlined briefly. Enclosed with letter are 3 pages transcribed from the Bendigo Advertiser, telling the story of the 1880 Easter Fair. William O'Connor came to Sandhurst with the gold rush, first record of him buying land in 1854. A Blacksmith and wheelwright, owned the 'Sydney Forge' with his sister and husband, Ellen and John Brewster.bendigo, bendigo easter fair, william o'connor

L - R Ted Woolrich, Auntie Alice, Iris Woolrich, Stan's daughter,Alice Hamilton, Stan's wife, Stan O'Connor.iris woolrich, ted woolrich, woolrich

Episode 1 Ellis Treleaven & Marie O'Connor Episode 2 Matthieu & Kerry Stevenson (Kew relevance - Joan McDonald, Ethel Bradley, & Gladys Ivy Lee) Episode 3 Elizabeth Brierley & Paul Morrisnon-fictionDocumentary series following everyday Australians as they discover the truth about their family's past, confronting the extraordinary secrets that have shaped their lives.genealogy, family research

Index, plates, ill., bib, p.177.non-fictionUlick O'Connor's account of his own and his family involvement in the turbulent and violent events which occurred in Ireland during the period, 1912-1922.ireland - politics and government, ireland - history 1912-1922

Original O'Beirne family home on Skipton Road, Linton, adjacent to office of their wool and skin business.Black and white copy of original photograph showing a weatherboard house with verandah and lattice work, next to a smaller building (office) which has two windows, a door and no verandah. One pine tree behind the buildings and one to the right of photograph. A light coloured picket fence in front of the buildings with a gate half way along. Six men, two children, a dog and two horses (one with cart) in front of the buildings.o'beirne residence, house, home, building, office, shed, business, children, horse cart, dog (buller), francis o'beirne, francis john (frank), harry o'beirne, rod o'connor (bookkeeper), charlie todd, jack cox, roger o'beirne, frank hall butcher from piggoreet, wool and skin business

Letter, Set of two letters, carbon copy, typed by Mr Lewis Russell to Mr. R. A. Spencer while on tour with Mr Bell in 1938. See Reg Item 934 for the report. The two letters give the nitty gritty of the going-on's at the time in the MMTB. .1 - three quarto sheets, stapled in the top left hand corner, dated Monday 2 May, outlining activities at home. The main point is a O'Meara - Eakins appeal which involved extensive legal advice about titles, positions etc. Mr O'Meara title noted as chief draftsman. Notes names of various legal figures such as Mr. Herring KC. Also notes Cr. Gray, Cr. Gorman, Mr. Bell (Jnr?), Mr Cass. Appears that Mr. McGlashan "has been dipping his beak into the flowing bowl" and had been dismissed. Appears he was collecting the fees from the Wattle Park Golf course. Letter continuation of 4 May - appeals still going on, the death of Mr Monsbourgh and dismissal of Mr. Ellis and a 3rd sheet dated 9th May. Reports on drawing up a lease for a Mr. Better, snow and some personal family matters? .2 - letter dated 3/8/1938 Has notes re Mr O'Connor and the benefit society, retiring gratuity, costs, Mr Guice, Mr Richardson. A presentation to the City of Caulfield - Cr Packer and Colonel Cohen, bad press for the MMTB on tram services in the area, Balaclava Road in particular and a report football match between Richmond and Collingwood.Has initials in pencil on base of 2nd pagetrams, tramways, mmtb, letters, publicity, city of caulfield, appeals, personnel, benefit society, gratuity scheme

Black and white photo of man on City garbage cart with baby and horse. Man is Arthur SPOONER and baby is Denise O'CONNOR nee FLANNERYdomestic life, families, denise flannery o'connor, arthur spooner